The Guilty Sleep

Advance Praise for The Guilty Sleep:

“A terrific debut–fast, tough and hard, shot through with hard-won authenticity and deep humanity…don’t miss out.”
–Lee Child

“The Guilty Sleep gave me Heat meets Triple Frontier vibes, but with the heart to compare to Lone Survivor and American Sniper. Jeremy D. Baker is in the vein of writers like S.A. Cosby and Eli Cranor, with dark yet honest undertones, and a protagonist who gets wrapped up in a world of pain under the pretense of doing the right thing. Expertly done.”
—Zac Topping, author of Rogue Sequence and Wake of War

“This novel moves. And it cuts sharp and deep.”
—Elliot Ackerman, bestselling co-author of 2034 and 2054, and National Book Award Finalist for Dark at the Crossing

“It’s propulsive and emotionally charged and titanium-slick, but it’s the authenticity that sets The Guilty Sleep apart. Jeremy D. Baker knows of which he writes, and nobody writes it better.”
—Marcus Sakey, bestselling author of the Brilliance Trilogy and AfterLife

“Baker writes with such authority, every word is utterly convincing. And yet there are so many more layers to this story than just the portrait of a broken vet trying to put his life back together. It’s also a heist novel, an organized crime novel, a war novel, and so much more. For me, it’s the best debut since The Sympathizer.”
–Steve Hamilton, New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of An Honorable Assassin

“A flashbang of a debut! Baker builds an authentic world populated with an intriguing cast that spans the distance between Afghanistan and home, war and peace. But his true triumph is his main character. Dexter Grant’s tortured hero’s heart, his pathos, his fierce battle to conquer a past that blackens his present all coalesce into the poignant centerpiece of the novel. I am fully invested in Dex’s future and anyone who reads this will be, too.”
–P.J. Tracy, New York Times bestselling author of Deep into the Dark and Monkeewrench

Jeremy D. Baker grew up in Italy, Florida, and Maryland. He’s a former US Army counterintelligence agent and combat veteran. Like Dexter Grant, he served alongside US Special Forces in Afghanistan. Also like Dexter, he’s a PTSD survivor. Over the last 20 years, his work in national security has focused on intelligence, counterterrorism, transnational organized crime, human trafficking, climate risk and resilience, and cybersecurity. He lives with his family in Maryland.

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